About Rakestraw Cemetery
Rakestraw Cemetery is a cemetery near LaGrange, Troup County, Georgia. It lies about 6.4 mi northwest of LaGrange. The grounds sit at about 801 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 321291. The nearest mortuary we know of is West Georgia Mortuary in LaGrange, about 5.0 mi away. It is one of 168 cemeteries we list in Troup County, and 142 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, LaGrange. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
32.95651, -84.98076
What Rakestraw Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
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Funeral homes near Rakestraw Cemetery
- West Georgia Mortuary5.0 miMortuary · LaGrange · (706) 884-1092
- Lakes-Dunson-Robertson Funeral Home5.9 miFuneral home · LaGrange · (706) 882-6411
- Mackey Wilson Jennings Funeral Home6.0 miFuneral home · LaGrange · (706) 882-6612
- Lakes-Dunson-Robertson Funeral Home6.3 miFuneral home · LaGrange · (706) 882-6490
- Higgins Funeral Home6.5 miFuneral home · LaGrange · (706) 884-7117
- Striffler-Hamby Mortuary7.7 miMortuary · LaGrange · (706) 884-8636
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